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Throne Of France with n ten foot pole, II IL
was rendered to him to-day. The utmost eX-
tent of his ambition is, to spend his few re-
manning days-thc evening or ms lte-ln
preaching the Gospel to the Indians, and
then go down to the grave with n spotless
reputation. Yes, there Is one thing more ne
desires. that Is that the character may not be
traduccd in his old age It Is no fault of his
that he has claims to the Dauphinshlp. But,
says the writer in the Quarterly, the wit.
npsses who have been put upon the stand anu
who have been submitted to only an.parte
examination, have failed to tell us what sort
Of an impression was made on the mind Of
the Prince de Jninville by their marvellous
accounts Of the Iroauios Indian Missionary
the Rev. EleaZur Williams. They may have
eyclted in his mind the most intense anxiety
to see him and converse with him. How.
why. and by what mems. we would ask?
During our whole ac1uaint ntnncc will him. we
sOlemny affirm before God, that we never
henrd any thing marvellous In regard 10 him
anything which would be calculated to excite
the mere fict of his being an Indian Mission
AIRY Of II pure and spotless reputation. But
we will further add, that no matter what
their account wns-no matter to how high
remains, he was anxious TO see him, for he
said SO repeatedly. He did see him, and
treated him with marked attention. He had
- long, confidential private Interview with
leve his own account. the meeting was mere
ly accidentl-a mere happcn-su-mnde no
sort OF impression on his mind; had no re-
collection OF ms I'D nHpre:anee um peo nc WAS i re-
as 10 his name, he had forgotten lit had
entirely escaped his memory until It was
brought to his recollection By seeing 1t in
print! Who believes this account? We
frankly confess we don't, for In our opinion 1t
requires thousand times more crednlity TO
jump over such ~ mass OF testimony Into
such n conclusion than we are able to sum
mon up-it won't come at our bidding. For
we should be compelled to convict all OF the
witnesses of prevarfcation and falSehood.
and of this they must be guilty, without amy
account given by the Prince. For he who
suppresses am important f'lct-a fact which IF
told wonld give Il different colnring to an i'm
portant transaction, Is as guilty as II he had
told u positive fa:sehood., So that the tesii-
mony OF Shosk, Raymond, Braymnn, Will
liams and others, must all be overthrown
and the mere ipse dixit Of dc Joinville be be-
icvcd, when the latter Is an interested wit
ness in his own behalf, and The others have
no sort Of interest In the transaction, 10 order
10 traduce the character of q pure, spotless
Protestant Episcopal Clergyman, and to sus-
tain the blood of Royalty.
There Is much Of mystery connected with
lenst OF It. He Is white beyond all question.
without solitary Indian feature about him.
His reputed mother Is an Iroquois Indian
her children were baptised by a Roman
Clergyman, which appears TO this day by re-
ferring TO the Church Register. The child
EeaZur was taken In early LIE and educated
at the instance OF somebody, and the ex-
pense of his education was paid by n myster-
ious hand-certainly not by his reputed par
ents. for they were poor. Indeed, 1t is admit
ted on all hands that his education was In
testant, which greatly displeased his reputed
parents, and who have never been friendly
with him since. He studied Divinity, and
has spent long life In comparative Obscur-
nv. oh
1t Is known, that he was 1diotic until he
was fourteen years OF age, and history fur.
nishes us with the proof, that the Dauphin
became idiotic after Maria Antoinelte was
when that event occurred. About the time
that 1t is said lie died, Bellanger, De Farrier,
and others, who figured In France up to that
time, came to this country, and II is said, and
in New Orleans, in 1918. Bellanger confessed
that the Dauphin was In this country, and
that he brought him here in connection with
that De Farrier lived and died near the old
Oneida Church, In Western New York, where
Mr.. Williams otticiated as Pastor, and that
there was much that was singular In regard
to De Earrier, and the relaiion which he a.
ways bore towards Mr.. Williams. Col De
Farrier 1--WE knew him we'll have seen him,
and have been at his house, was full blood.
ed Frenchman. and he married n Square Of
an unmixed breed. He was rich, and re-
spected only on account Of his riches. lie
Ray, another Frenchman. whose name Is
mentioned in connection with Relanger and
DE Farrier, also made occasional yisilsto the
West. and would always stay at De Farrier's.
We recollect seeing him in 1875, passing
through the vicinity In which DE Farrier
resided, In livery with hls coach and four
beautiful grays. The supposition now Is,
that these three men were all sent here as
spies to watch the movement Of Mr.. VIII
Iiams, and to keep down suspicion should
any he breathed in regard to his birth and
n111 n,.lA
DE Farrier in New York, and lie Ray alter.
nately at Philadelphia, Ogdensburg, and
France. They were ell rich, and so far as en-
joyment of riches was concerned we can only
speak of De Farrier-he enjoyed his about as
much as Mason Lee OF South Carolina did
his. Col. De Farrler always said that he was
a Colonel In the French army when Napoleon
Bonaparte was Lieutenant under him.
How are the mighty fallen! and why are
they fallen? Why was De Farrier, once q
French Colonel, living in comparative oh.
scurity among Indians in western New York? :?
Not because he was poor. for he was known
why was he there.
Much stress Is laid in this discussion upon
the published statement of the death of the
; Dauphin In 1874, in French Partisan Prison,
rs IL occurs In the Life Of Maria Antoinette
Let us examine this matter for brief mo-
ment.
stated at social party at the house OF Pro
fessor Hasack of New York, In the presence
of number of distinguished individuals, OF
whom Dr. John w. Francis alone survives.
that the Dauphin Of France was not dead but
that he was brought to America. This con-
versation continued for considerable length
of time and Genet stated among other things,
that he believed the Dauphin was then in
Western New York, and that LIE Ray knew
In the Year lS4s, Bellanger confessed. when
dying in New Orleans. that he brought the
Dauphin to this country. But, says the
writer. In the Quarterly, II has never been
proved that he made this confession in man.
ner and form stated: we reply, that 1t has
never been d0nied, either in New Orleans or
elsewhere, that this confession was made:
to deny 1t, for 1t was made, according to pub
liShed accounts, five years ago.
We have before stated that Mr.. Williams
was mysteriously educated, and that the ex-
penseS OF his education were betrayed by
some mysterious agent. II is now believed
that this agenl was Bellanger, from recent
evidence which has come 10 light. and that he
visited Albany, In the State Of New York,
his idotic condition, and while he was being
educated. 1t IS also matter. Of history, that
Bellanger-suppose to be the same-hgured
considerably In France during the imprison-
ment of Louis 10Th, Maria Antoinette and the
Dauphin, and after the two former were be:
headed, and two days before the reported
the prison with him, trying to win his conf
dcnce. Soon after this, it is known that Bel
langer left France for America. a work has
recently been published in France, OF which
NJ. Bcauchcsne Is the author, and which has
been written to refGte the claims Of Mr.. Will
Iiams to the Dauphinship, In which the re-
markable fact Is incidentally disclosed that
Bcllangcr alone could have been the chief
agont in the removal of the Dauphin to this
country, II 1t be true that he was removed at
all. This disclosure, however, Is made, we
presume, Observation-Disclosures any know
ledge on the part of Bcauchensc. that Bellun-
ger had made the confession referred to.
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